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Some people think that the importance of extended family is less important nowaday. On the other hand, I believe that extended family is more and more crucial in this society. There are two reasons. First, it can help one gain diverse indirect experiences. Second, it will provide outlets for stress. First of all, extended family gives lots of indirect information. To be specific, I believe indirect society is one of the most essential factors of success in this society. Imagine people only have textbook knowledge. Their views will be so narrow. By having extended family they can not only gain diverse indirect experiences but also broaden their horizon of the world. For example, a study conducted by a group of psychology majors is a good example of this. The researchers tracked of people who had extended family over a 10 years. The researches find that the people who had extended family were good at adapting their society and got along with their peers than people who were not extended family. The reason was that they offered lots of indirect information and experience from their family. So it can help them to accustomed their situation. This study shows that having extended family can be helpful. On top of that, extended family offer outlet for stress. To explain, having the outlets for stress has a meaning of in itself since it can help one regain energy and find the strength to go on. Nowadays people can have pressure not only physically but also mentally. It can help people get back on track after talking their extended family and offered advice by them. For instance, I have lived with extended family from my childhood. When I was highschool 3rd graded in highschool. I had trouble with academic performance and my path of life. So I truly talked with my grand parents. They gave me lots of confidence and give lots of information and advice. And I had outlets for problem. This was very helpful. So I passed through this seasons without big problem. If they were not, I must had troubled in these problems. To sum up, I think that it is helpful having extended family since it give one a variety of indirect information. Moreover, it offers outlets for stress and problem. In this regard, I firmly believe having extended family is important nowadays. |